Italian cinema

Italian cinema is perhaps most famous for its creation of Neorealismo (Neorealism in English). The most famous Neorealist film is I Ladri di biciclette (Literally "The Thieves of Bicycles" but known in English as The Bicycle Thief). The pull of neorealism in an Italian director's blood is so great that it makes it nearly impossible for them to write films with happy endings. :-)